DATA INTERPRETATION PRACTICE EXERCISE

(Logical DI)
Ref: DEX1002101

Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.

The four departments - Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations of company XYZ – had 5, 3, 4 and 6 employees as on
1st April 2015. In the next three years, the company recruited one employee in each of the four departments. All the new
employees who joined the company joined on 1st April of that year and were 25 years of age at that point of time. During
these three years, two employees who were aged 60 years and 64 years retired from two departments of the company.
The following graph gives the average age of the employees in the departments as on 1 st of April 2015, 2016, 2017
and 2018.

48 49

44 43.75 45 44 45
43 42.75 43

37.33 37
36 36
35 35

Marketing Finance HR Operations

2015 2016 2017 2018

1. From which department did the employee aged 3. From which department did the employee aged
64 years retire? 60 years retire?
(A) Marketing (A) Marketing
(B) Finance (B) Finance
(C) HR (C) HR
(D) Operations (D) Operations

2. In which year did the new employee join the 4. As on 1st April 2018, the age of the new employee
HR department? who joined the operations department is ______
years.
(A) 2018
(A) 28
(B) 2017
(B) 26
(C) 2016 (C) 25
(D) 2015 (D) 27
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Directions for questions 5 to 8: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.

The following table represents the number of cars sold (in thousands) by four companies in three countries. The
companies Toyo Ltd., Mercedes Ltd., BWM Ltd., and Form Ltd., are disguised as company A, company B, Company C
and Company D in the table, in no particular order.

Countries Company A Company B Company C Company D

U.S.A. 196 328 320 220

U.K. 276 288 280 260

Japan 288 252 288 260

Further it is known that,

1. BWM Ltd. was one of the companies that had the highest sales in Japan.
2. cars sold by Mercedes Ltd. in the three countries differs from that of Toyo Ltd. by 20,000.

5. What can be said regarding the following two against each of the other teams in its pool. Two points
statements? are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and
Statement 1: Mercedes Ltd. had its lowest sales in zero points for a loss. At the end of the pool stage the
Japan. top two teams from each pool, in terms of the points
Statement 2: Toyo Ltd. had its lowest sales in U.K. scored, would advance to the semi-finals and the winner
(A) If statement 2 is true then statement 1 is of the semi-finals play the finals, while the losers of the
necessarily false. semi-finals play for the third place. Teams which
(B) If statement 1 is false then statement 2 is finished third and fourth respectively in a pool would
necessarily true. play with the teams ranked fourth and third respectively
(C) If statement 1 is true then statement 2 is in the other pool. The winners of these matches would
necessarily true. play to determine the fifth and sixth ranks, while the
(D) If statement 1 is false then statement 2 is losers of these matches would play to determine the
necessarily true. seventh and eighth ranks. Similarly teams that ranked
fifth and sixth in each pool would play to determine the
6. If Form Ltd. had its lowest sales in U.S.A., then ranks from nine to twelve. In case two teams end up with
which of the following is necessarily true? the same number of points at the end of the pool stage,
(A) BWM Ltd. had its lowest sales in Japan. their rankings in the pool stage are determined by their
(B) BWM Ltd. had its lowest sales in U.K. net goal difference.
(C) BWM Ltd. had its lowest sales in U.S.A.
(D) BWM Ltd. is company B. Note: Net goal difference = goals scored – goals
conceded
7. Which of the following additional information will
help us to uniquely identify each of the four Directions for questions 9 and 10: Write in your
companies. answer in the input box provided below the question.
(a) BWM Ltd is company A.
(b) Toyo Ltd is company B. 9. What is the minimum number of points a team
(c) Form Ltd is company D. should aim for, at the start of the tournament, to
(d) Mercedes Ltd is company C. guarantee itself a place in the semi finals?
(A) Only (a)
(B) Only (b)
(C) Only (d)
(D) More than one of the above 10. What is the minimum number of points with which
a team can reach the semi finals?
8. What can be said regarding the following
two statements?
Statement 1: Toyo Ltd. had the highest sales
in U.S.A. Directions for questions 11 and 12: Select the correct
Statement 2: Mercedes Ltd. had the highest sales alternative from the given choices.
in U.K.
(A) Both statements could be true. 11. What is the total number of matches played in the
(B) At least one of the statements must be true. tournament?
(C) At most one of the statements is true. (A) 40 (B) 42
(D) Both statements are false. (C) 44 (D) None of these

Directions for questions 9 to 12: These questions are 12. If there are no draws in the championship after the
based on the following information. pool stage, what is the least total number of
matches won by the team that won the
The twelve teams that took part in the World Hockey championship?
Championship were divided into two pools of six teams (A) 2 (B) 3
each. In each pool, every team plays exactly one match (C) 4 (D) 5
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Directions for questions 13 to 16: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.

In the Sharma household, one of Mr. or Mrs. Sharma would take care of all expenses under a head, among the different
head of expenses incurred by the family. The first two pie charts gives the percentage distribution of the expenses incurred
by each of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma and their savings, out of their salaries. The third pie chart gives the percentage distribution
of the investment of their combined savings.

Mr. Sharma Mrs. Sharma

Savings
Loan 10%
15% Savings
20% Education
30%

Clothing
Food 25%
25%

Rent
30% Travel
Entertainment 15%
Medical 20%
10%

Combined Savings

Insurance
PPF 5%
30%

Shares
25%

FD's NSC
20% 20%

13. If the ratio of the expenses on rent and clothing is 15. If investments in PPF was `36,000 annually, then
3 : 1, then what is the ratio of the earnings of which of the following could be their average
Mr. and Mrs. Sharma? monthly expenses for entertainment, if one of them
earned half as much as the other?
(A) 2 : 1
(A) `5,000
(B) 1 : 2
(B) `6,000
(C) 5 : 2
(C) `10,000
(D) 3 : 2
(D) `12,000

14. If the investment in shares form 33.33% of the rent 16. If expenses on education was equivalent to their
paid, then what is the ratio of the incomes of Mr. investment in F.D’s, then what percent of their total
and Mrs. Sharma? income was the medical expenses?
(A) 2 : 1 (A) 5
(B) 1 : 2 (B) 7.5
(C) 3 : 2 (C) 8.75
(D) 2 : 3 (D) None of these

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Directions for questions 17 to 20: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.

A study on population of eight cities was conducted by the human resources and social welfare department. These eight
cities were ranked from 1 to 8 on the basis of social welfare and it was found that for any city X, the number of cities with
a population less than it was exactly one less than the rank of city X on the basis of social welfare.

The following table gives the comparison of populations of the eight cities.

Indore Pune Bhopal Shillong Agra Cochin Patna Mysore

Indore X M L L

Pune X M

Bhopal X L L L

Shillong X M

Agra X

Cochin X L M

Patna X M

Mysore X

M in the table denotes that the population of that city was more and L in the table denotes that the population of that city
was less than the corresponding city. For example the table shows that the population of Indore was more than that of
Pune and less than that of Bhopal. It was also known that Indore was 3 rd and Shillong was not among the top 5 in the
rakings on the basis of social welfare.

Directions for question 17: Select the correct alternative Directions for questions 19 and 20: Select the correct
from the given choices. alternative from the given choices.

17. Which city was ranked first? 19. What was the rank of Shillong on the basis of Social
(A) Pune Welfare?
(A) 7 (B) 6
(B) Agra (C) 8 (D) Cannot be determined
(C) Bhopal
(D) Mysore 20. The cities are ranked again based on population such
that the city with the highest population is ranked 1st,
Directions for question 18: Write in your answer in the that with the second highest population ranked 2nd
input box provided below the question. and so on. Which city would have its rank and the
number of cities with a population less than it, as
18. How many cities have less population than Mysore? equal?
(A) Shillong (B) Mysore
(C) Bhopal (D) Cochin

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